Role overview

We are looking for a Tech Lead to join a highly skilled engineering group that supports some of our most strategic, high‑performance tier‑1 clients. Our teams work at the heart of mission‑critical trading and clearing systems, delivering technology that powers fast‑moving financial markets. You will be surrounded by talented engineers who are passionate about building reliable, scalable, and high‑quality solutions. If you enjoy solving complex technical challenges, collaborating with exceptional people, and making a real impact for clients who rely on us every day, this role offers the opportunity to do exactly that.

As a Tech Lead in this environment, you will play a key role in guiding a small to medium‑sized team of engineers and associate tech leads, while continuing to contribute as a senior hands‑on developer. You will review and support the work of the team, ensuring every delivery meets the highest standards expected in mission‑critical trading and clearing systems.

You will take ownership of the technical design within your area, collaborating closely with architects when navigating more complex or high‑impact challenges. Beyond technical leadership, you will help your team grow by offering coaching, mentorship, and line‑management support.

This role also requires strong communication skills, as you will work regularly with internal stakeholders and tier‑1 clients—providing clarity on progress, risks, technical decisions, and solution design. In addition, you may be called on to take on various roles within the software development lifecycle, such as acting as Scrum Master or serving as the architectural owner for key components.

Key Responsibilities

• Should be responsible for providing the technical leadership to a team for a medium to large scale functional or technical delivery
• Lead the team to analyse the requirements, embed the changes into the current design, coding, testing, build and deploy.
• Ability to perform accurate estimates on implementation changes on the responsible areas
• Assure the quality of software being developed both by self and the team with adequate level of unit, component and end-to-end testing where applicable. A very good knowledge in working with static and dynamic code analysis tools and follow the recommendations is expected. Mentoring and training juniors on quality aspects is expected.
• Guide the team to follow the SDLC practices and standards according to the company policies and guidelines
• Ability to play various roles in the SDLC such as Scrum master, Architect owner
• Ability to communicate clearly both on functional and non-functional aspects on the area that he is responsible for with both internal and external collaborators. In addition, should be reasonably conversant with the total technical delivery of the project/s that they are playing the role of a Tech lead
• Work closely with these teams to discover problems and opportunities for improvement.
• Ability to configure and automate and maintain continues integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) pipelines to support software integration and deployment
• Play the line management function as per the guidelines provided. Be responsible for improving the skills and mentoring the team for career development
• Handle individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science/engineering or similar technical field
• At least six years’ experience with 2+ years in a similar capacity on C++ technologies
• An analytical mind and the ability to learn both the business and technical aspects of financial markets
• Ability to maintain good working relationship with clients and team members
• Interest and skills in automation and devops tools
• Being exposed to modern IT trends is an advantage
• Hands-on experience in cloud technology, different open source technologies and integration of them
• Thorough understanding of the full SDLC and related tools
• Working proficiency and interpersonal skills in verbal and written English.

Benefits:

We are looking for intellectually curious people, passionate about the bigger picture of how technology industry is evolving, ready to ask difficult questions and deal with complicated scenarios! If you are creative and a problem solver, this is the place to be as will be supporting you to fast-forward your career!

We maximise each employee’s potential through personal development through a wide range of learning tools both formal and informal. We believe in remunerating our people with competitive salaries and a range of attractive benefits such as:

• 25 days’ holiday per year
• 1 additional day off for your Birthday
• Annual wellness allowance
• Share Purchase Plan
• Medical Health Insurance
• Medical Subscription (preventive medical services)
• Life insurance
• Pillar 3 Private Pension
• Meal Vouchers
• Flexible Benefits
• Bookster
• Volunteering Events
• All LSEG colleagues with at least one year’s continuous service, who become parents, are now entitled to at least 26 weeks’ paid leave, and the option to return to work on a phased basis, in relation with specific company’s policy and guidelines

Career Stage:

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Information:

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence. Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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Location: Bucharest, Romania

Time Type: Full time